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Posted: 2023-08-20 02:11:37

Third-placed Canberra takes on Parramatta, while reigning premier Newcastle celebrates a remarkable comeback 22-20 win over Brisbane, capped off by a converted try in the last play of the match.

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A Newcastle Knights NRLW player kicks a conversion from the tee against the Brisbane Broncos.

Knights star Jesse Southwell kicks the winning conversion against the Broncos.(Getty Images: Scott Gardiner)

Newcastle wunderkind Jesse Southwell iced a match-winning conversion to seal the Knights' win over the Broncos.

Before a home crowd of over 17,000 spectators, the defending premiers clawed back from 16-4 down to level the scores with back-to-back tries as the final 10 minutes approached.

But when the Broncos again kicked clear through Lauren Dam with eight minutes remaining, Newcastle was on the back foot once more.

Brisbane's goal-line defence had been the difference between the sides all day, repelling the Knights' repeated advances to begin the second half.

So when Brisbane held powerful forward Caitlan Johnston up in the final minutes, the Knights looked as though their chances were running out.

But that was before fullback Tamika Upton — the Knights' most threatening player all afternoon — spread the ball right to Shanice Parker, who completed a try-scoring double.

The ensuing conversion attempt was no sitter for Southwell.

But from halfway between the touchline and the centre of the goal posts, the 18-year-old piloted the ball over the black dot to seal a famous Newcastle win.

The victory means the Knights have won their last five matches in Newcastle, a streak that stretches back to the 2021 season.

The triple premiership-winning Broncos, meanwhile, are yet to break into the top four as the NRLW season passes its halfway point.

The Broncos started the campaign with back-to-back losses that have left them playing catch-up.

The Knights have won four from five matches and finish the weekend entrenched in the top four.

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